Chief Executive Board (CEB) of Star Alliance are meeting in London tomorrow to decide on Air India’s induction into the 26-member global airlines’ grouping.
If the membership is granted, it would end Air India’s seven-year-long wait to access the alliance’s global network of over 18,000 daily flights to 1,269 airports in 193 countries.
The member airlines of Star Alliance together own a total of 4,338 aircraft and fly over 640 million passengers a year, many of whom can also earn and burn frequent flyer miles on the entire alliance network.
Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab had earlier said that the grouping had long held that India was such an important aviation market that it should be fully represented.“Today we see an Air India which has successfully completed its merger with Indian Airlines and is building up a new fleet that forms the basis for a much improved level of service,” he added.
If the membership is granted, it would end Air India’s seven-year-long wait to access the alliance’s global network of over 18,000 daily flights to 1,269 airports in 193 countries.
The member airlines of Star Alliance together own a total of 4,338 aircraft and fly over 640 million passengers a year, many of whom can also earn and burn frequent flyer miles on the entire alliance network.
Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab had earlier said that the grouping had long held that India was such an important aviation market that it should be fully represented.“Today we see an Air India which has successfully completed its merger with Indian Airlines and is building up a new fleet that forms the basis for a much improved level of service,” he added.
